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David Austin Roses honours Sir David Beckham with a new English rose
2+ week, 3+ day ago (31+ words) Horticulture Week David Austin Roses introduces a new English shrub rose, Sir David Beckham, at RHS Chelsea Flower Show....
Rich List: Billionaire numbers fall, King and Beckham rise, Dyson down
1+ day, 7+ min ago (32+ words) Horticulture Week The Sunday Times Rich List calculates that there are now 157 UK billionaires, 20 less than four years ago....
Matthew Biggs" final Gardeners" Question Time appearance airs on BBC Radio 4 during Mental Health Awareness Week
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (60+ words) Horticulture Week A moving edition of BBC Radio 4"s Gardeners" Question Time was broadcast at 3pm on Friday 15 May, featuring a generous and brave final appearance from Matthew Biggs, who has been a much-loved panellist on the programme since 1994....
New ornamentals growers "1/3m grants available
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (31+ words) Horticulture Week The HTA and BOA have sourced "334, 000 of AHDB residual funding to use as grower grants over the next three years....
Research shows how good gardening is for mental health
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (46+ words) Horticulture Week The Belonging Forum's 2026 Belonging Barometer has found nearly one in three (32%) people who report good mental health list gardening as a hobby, compared with just 16% of those reporting poor mental health....
Dutch growing media business buys Latvian peat firm
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (37+ words) Horticulture Week The Van Egmond Groep, a potting soil producer based in the Netherlands, has acquired all shares of SIA Unguri, a Latvian producer of peat and peat products....
Discount retailer reportedly buys ornamentals nursery
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (27+ words) Horticulture Week Q Local Ormskirk News has reported that a national retailer has bought a Lancashire bedding and pot plant grower....
Movers and people: Amenity Forum, Mansfield's, Replay, Heligan, RBGE
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (9+ words) Movers and people: Amenity Forum, Mansfield's, Replay Horticulture Week...
Home & garden group make acquisition + 2026 business changes
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (32+ words) Horticulture Week Woodlands Home & Garden Group, the Yorkshire-based home and garden specialist behind shed brand Tiger, has acquired Jade Windows....
New plants entrants roll in for Hot Off the Potting Bench at BBC Gardeners" World Live
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (52+ words) Horticulture Week BBC Gardeners" World Live 2026 is inviting growers and breeders to showcase new plant varieties in its popular Hot Off the Potting Bench exhibit, taking place from 1821 June 2026 at the NEC....